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The Barat Daya Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Barat Daya) are a group of islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia. The Indonesian phrase barat daya means 'south-west'.

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Barat Daya Islands

Native name: Kepulauan Barat Daya
Barat Daya Islands in the south of Maluku Islands
Geography
Location	Southeast Asia
Archipelago	Maluku Islands
Major islands	Damar, Kisar, Liran, Romang, Wetar
Administration
Indonesia
Province	Maluku
Additional information
Time zone	Indonesia Eastern Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Geography

These islands are located off the eastern end of East Timor. Wetar is the largest island in the group. To the west, the Ombai Strait separates Wetar from Alor Island, part of East Nusa Tenggara. The Wetar Strait separates Wetar from Timor to the south.

Even though included in the Indonesian Maluku province political division, the southwestern islands are geographically part of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Rainfall is limited with a dry season between October and December when some of the islands appear as dry savannah.[1] The Barat Daya Islands except Wetar are part of the Banda Sea Islands moist deciduous forests ecoregion. Wetar and Timor comprise the Timor and Wetar deciduous forests ecoregion.[2] Most of the islands are barren, infertile and minimally forested.[3]

Together with Timor, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, and most of Maluku, the Barat Daya Islands are part of Wallacea, the group of Indonesian islands that are separated by deep water from both the Australian and Asian continental shelves. The islands of Wallacea have never been linked by land to either Asia or Australia, and as a result have few mammals and a mix of flora and fauna from both continents.

Islands

Among the islands within the archipelago are (from west to east):

• Liran
• Wetar
• Kisar
• Nyata
• Romang
• Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor)
• Sermata Islands
• Damer
• Babar Islands

Populated places

• Layoni (Teun Island)

Geology

The islands are part of the Inner Banda Arc, a volcanic island arc created by the collision of the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. Romang and Damar are volcanic; Wetar consists mostly of oceanic crust that was pushed to the surface by the colliding plates. The Barat Daya and Banda islands constitute an inner arc; the outer arc, which includes Timor, the Tanimbar Islands, and the Kai Islands, is mostly made up of oceanic crust lifted up by the collision, and wraps around south and east of the inner arc.

History

Unlike much of the rest of the Maluku Islands, the Barat Daya Islands did not participate in the inter-island trade over the centuries. Damar was the region's only island to have produced spice. Too remote from the centre of the Malukan spice trade, the Dutch destroyed the nutmeg trees on Babar. Bugis and Makarassarese annually sailed to coral-rich Luang to purchase reef products such as trepang and mother of pearl.[4]

Administration

The Maluku Barat Daya Regency is administratively composed of seventeen districts (kecamatan), whose areas (in km²) and 2013 officially estimated populations are listed below.:[5]

Name	comprising	Area (in km2)	Population Estimate 2013	No. of Villages	Post Code
Wetar	part of Wetar, Lirang	1,725.24	2,330	6	97446
Wetar Barat	western part of Wetar	511.09	2,217	5	97447
Wetar Timur	eastern part of Wetar	713.51	1,663	6	97448
Wetar Utara	northern part of Wetar	990.16	1,842	6	97449
Pulau Pulau Terselatan	Terselatan Islands	50.53	11,393	6	97445
Kepulauan Romang	Romang Islands	280.94	3,954	3	97440
Kisar Utara	northern part of Kisar Island	22.53	2,943	3	97441
Moa Lakor	Moa Island	959.68	7,200	8	97442
Pulau Lakor	Lakor Island	303.32	2,094	5	97443
Pulau Letti	Leti Island	243.30	7,654	7	97444
Mdona Hiera	Sermata Islands	232.32	5,336	11	97652
Pulau Pulau Babar	Babar (western half), Dai	803.95	6,182	9	97451
Dawelor Dawara	Dawelor Island, Dawara Island	209.15	1,506	6	97651
Pulau Wetang	Wetang Island	422.05	1,884	8	97652
Pulau Masela	Masela Island	279.61	2,220	11	97653
Babar Timur	Babar (eastern half)	509.24	5,933	11	97654
Damer	Damer, Teun, Nila	392.29	5,659	7	97128 -97652

See also

• Islands of Indonesia
• Maluku Islands
• Maluku (province)

References

На других языках

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[de] Barat-Daya-Inseln

Die indonesischen Barat-Daya-Inseln (deutsch Südwest(er)inseln), liegen in der Bandasee und bilden die Verlängerung des Inneren Bandabogens nach Osten.

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- [en] Barat Daya Islands

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[es] Islas Barat Daya

Las islas Barat Daya (Kepulauan Barat Daya, que en indonesio significa archipiélago del suroeste) son un archipiélago localizado al este de Indonesia formado por las islas de Damar, Romang y Wetar. Aunque geográficamente forman parte de las islas Menores de la Sonda.

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[fr] Îles Barat Daya

Les îles Barat Daya, en indonésien Kepulauan Barat Daya, forment un archipel d'Indonésie baigné par la mer de Banda. Le nom indonésien se traduit littéralement « îles du Sud-Ouest », en raison de sa position géographique rapportée à Ambon, la capitale des Moluques.

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[it] Isole Barat Daya

Le Isole Barat Daya (indonesiano: Kepulauan Barat Daya) è un arcipelago situato nel Mar di Banda, a nord-est dell'isola di Timor, nella provincia di Maluku, in Indonesia. Le parole indonesiane Barat Daya significano "a sud-ovest", in riferimento alla posizione delle isole rispetto alla capitale della provincia di Maluku, Ambon. Sebbene geograficamente facciano parte del gruppo delle Piccole Isole della Sonda, le Isole Barat Daya formano una delle suddivisioni amministrative della provincia di Maluku.

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[ru] Барат-Дая

Барат-Дая (индон. Barat Daya) — группа островов в северо-восточной части Малых Зондских островов. Расположение островов к юго-западу от административного центра провинции Амбона определило их название (Barat Daya в переводе с индонезийского «Юго-Западный»).

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